... G~OSSIP PROMI THES WHITEHALL R.EVI EW, iEight or nine years ago 5om~e Berlin girl~s formedt an anlti-connubial club. bindinr tbem ilves under ai penalty of £30 not to iget mnarried. Ths resullt w-as that tbey Zall married, wiith one exception, and thet £1400 of fines which hnd accumulated was divided ir betvveen a local charity and the solitary spinster, x'.hose engagement willl probably be ...

... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Mi.-ILS3. DreC;ATClI OF NCXT MAT . ILS .FAT .DitsrrNAvroroa I RiOM LON?uON. MATS ;11 ry. 3 AS~ell~lOl .. -ia ];lyinokuth]..3ar. S 3l. 31cr. 11 s Australia, via.: Victoria, 1ew South Wales, (.rzeens!anc1, South Australia, and Tas- .manial, via Brindisi .,. S.. Ear M ',ar. - aT Western Australia via Brindisj..Mtar. 7 Mr M\ar. - e Australia (Parcelt. Mail) . M ...

... FUNE]?AL OF AN ABERDEEN CHARACTJjll. I The fooc-ral of 1)'incilu (iatiopbell ?I'K.iulay, held or c known] cc' ' h;im' Bob, v;hblo took: pelac yeererdey , ;vee an evenit tiar, am.htrtell a !great OiiiOOultt of iiotic,? C me-troiv, Iheocn Stiee'; N'et er- kirk-gaie, annd St Catherine's \Vynnr wsere crow~ded|a : bilo 'Ilnion :-treet, fromn Shiprnme to }.(linaut S'rcot, 'ace li:ed L i b r hoeolo ...

... CULkIIEPRY EXPLOSION I N NORTH WA4LENS. QREAT LOSS OF LII'E.e' .A v ery serios expiosion of gas occurred yesterdag I a~tervoon at Brynmally Collierie;, near WArexhan, a bywhich it is feared a large nu~mber of men have t los; their lives. The eaplosion took plaee about 5 .>, julst b-hore the day shift were leaving work., A partv hr of extiloters descended the sbaft as SOOD as possible, m anrd ...

... TIlE KENNINL4TO? ELEOTION TVL ? The polling at Kennington bas been' altered from n the 14tb to the 1i~th julst. Lord lHartington has e wvritten to the Rennington Liberal Unionist Asso-t ciation, recortrmending them to support Mvr Ber6Sford t H~ops. THLE PRIOPOSED WronmNNIo OP UK O~tGE STREET.-C° At the Plans Commlrittee of Aberdeen Town g Council yesterday a letter wvas submcitted from M~r nc ...

... A POLICEMAN'S LOVE-MAAKING. o At Liverpool the other daya young girlof prepossess. r ing appearance, named Nellie Dunlop, applied fcr an lo order against William Coid (police constable 480), in , the police force, for the maintenance of an illegiti. d nsate child, Mr Quilliam appeared for the complain- n ant, and Mr Neale for the defence. Complainant, w it appeared, wae a domestic servantj and ...

... ORIJINATION AT NEW Di-:?:R ] Zesterday forenoon the F ree Preebvtery of Deeor nie. within the Irec ('hnrch. Newv Deer. anfi ordair -d fM3r Wirn. Beveridee. MIA., ns niihnst--. of thlat coln gtregation. Rev.MEr M.3'cle-o 1 i~ecl'la~zil peaehed. a- .elem!ent and impres-ir e ser!iion frozm Ezeki .x x i. L 3, after wvhich he put ther iiuai +;ue-tiouis t3 M-r I Beveridgeennd, these bavi:;g been ...

... TIlE SALVAT1ION ARMIY IN ABERPDI3EN. AN INTE~l;ESTtNCr M~EETINC. IN TH.E di M[USIC HXALL. wv Last tnilht orer 3000 persons aescmibledl in the h M~usic al~nl to heai- the last of the addresses in con- b nection w ith the present visit of Genera! Booth and mi staff to A&berdeen. The platfor~m nns occupied by Px the principal officers and other member; of the army. hi Geoeral Bouotb, in openingz ...

... DIST1RICT NEWS. ny PRASERBURG}I-Trr Pato-a r.'rr MA:c~L-s.. tor. jThe large heritable property in Maansc Street, known as the Parsonage, arud belonging to the Episcopri congregation. had beeu purchased privately by Me~ George Cardnio, carter, for £700. LtALAKILAV A Itrerc, -The lease oF this property, lately held by iMir y. Gavin, has been secured by M~r Bannerman, wrighlt, f iraserburgh. ...

... FORRES AND NORTHERN FAT CATTLE C L U B. The twentieth annual -show of tbe Forres and Northern Fat Cattle Club was held in the Agricul- tural Hall, Foe res, on Tuesday. The weather wag favourable, and there was a goo)d attendance of buyers and breeders from the different parts of the north, The entries numbered 41, compand with about 50 last year, and the quality of the stock forward did not ...

... | GENERBAL FOREIGN N.EWS| AFFAIRS IN- FRANCE. (REcTza's TELEGaXM.) Paris, Friday.-The appointment of MI. Etienne as Uander Secretary for the Colonijes is s5 gazetted to-day. e8 Figaro states this morning that the is resiguacion of M. Pillet W~ill was unanimously ie accopted yesterday by the Council of the Ii Directors of the Bank of France. ie The Republican journals, except the Paix n ...

... THE ABERDEEN ANTlI-VACCINATION 'RO~SECUT'ON'S. ft-it '-sacs at the instance of Thomas Skene, in. rot at pour of the pariah of Oldocachar, against 'cuies ('teutle it'alconer, 11 Erskine Street, and 'is 'ice Mackencie. 4 Doer Road, Woodsido, for 3 oinp to vaccinate their children, were ye?terday --?'g lit bef ore Sheriff Dove Wilson in Aberdeen S-i, ru Court, in accordance with the decision of ...